#6495C8#6495C8

#6495C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495C8
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 200)
HSL	hsl(211, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -2.22, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 31.45, 265.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0313 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.093 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4247, 28.3724, 58.7163)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495C8 #C89764

analogous

#64C7C8 #6495C8 #6564C8

triadic

#6495C8 #C86495 #95C864

tetradic

#6495C8 #C864C7 #C89764 #64C865

square

#6495C8 #C864C7 #C89764 #64C865

split-complementary

#6495C8 #C86564 #C7C864

monochromatic

#2F5883 #3F76B0 #6495C8 #91B4D8 #BED3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#6495C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#6495C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495C8

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495C8	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4d9',
    500: '#6495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495c8;
$custom-light: #96b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.6,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65574,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495C8

secondary

#D8C4B0

accent

#9551D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495C8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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